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A man was convicted Friday of murder and arson charges for a 2012 fire that killed two fellow residents and injured another at at an unlicensed boarding house in Pasadena.
Jurors found Garth Allen Robbins, 53, guilty of two counts of first-degree murder and one count each of arson of an inhabited structure and arson causing great bodily injury involving the Nov. 1, 2012, fire that killed Cliff Juan Clark, 56, and Paul Richard Boyd, 75, according to Greg Risling of the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.
The jury also found true the special circumstance allegations of multiple murders and murder in the commission of an arson, Risling said.
The District Attorney’s Office opted not to seek the death penalty against Robbins, who is facing life in prison without the possibility of parole. He is set to be sentenced June 7 in a Pasadena courtroom.
Robbins was arrested by Pasadena police the day after the blaze.
–City News Service
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